In troubled Haiti, over here a new political party; over there a
new political party - August 18, 2003

Himmler Rebu, a former Haitian Armed Forces colonel, announcing the new
Group for Reflection on Haiti (GREH), the first step towards creating a political party,
at a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday, August 18, 2003. Rebu, a vocal
critic of the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government, said he and a number of other people from
15 sectors of national life founded GREH in to reflect on the country's problems, propose
solutions, and also to set up a party which will offer the country 'a modern alternative.'
(AP Photos/Daniel Morel)

Himmler Rebu, a former Haitian Armed Forces colonel, talks to reporters
after announcing the new Group for Reflection on Haiti (GREH), the first step towards
creating a political party, after a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday,
August 18, 2003. Rebu, a vocal critic of the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government, said he
and a number of other people from 15 sectors of national life founded GREH in to reflect
on the country's problems, propose solutions, and also to set up a party which will offer
the country 'a modern alternative.' (AP Photos/Daniel Morel)

That's all they can do ... practicing Voodoo, and that's one of the
main reasons why they are dirt-poor, backward - August 18, 2003

Vodou trance : Two Haitians lie in shallow water in a trance during an
annual Vodou ceremony in Soukri, 181 km north of Port-au-Prince. The Afro-Caribbean
religion of Vodou or Vodun of Haiti is also practiced in Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and the
southern United States, especially Louisiana. Vodou is commonly spelled voodoo, a spelling
that, according to many present-day scholars, carries derogatory and inaccurate
associations. (AFP/Thony Belizaire)

A justified strike - August 22, 2003

Jean Fritz Constant, president of the Haitian-Dominican Truck Drivers
Union, is surrounded by other drivers as he explains to the Associated Press that his
union began a strike blocking all commercial traffic between Haiti and the Dominican
Republic to protest a sudden five percent tariff the Dominican government slapped on all
merchandise they bring from the neighboring country in Fonds-Parisien, Haiti, on Tuesday,
Aug. 19, 2003.. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Drivers from the Haitian-Dominican Truck Drivers Union in Fonds Parisien,
Haiti, near the Dominican border, watch for commercial traffic from the neighboring
country so they can block it as part of a strike they began today to protest a sudden five
percent tariff the Dominican government slapped on all merchandise they bring from that
country on Tuesday, August 19, 2003.. Union president Fritz Jean Constant said their
brother union in the Dominican Republic supports the strike and will block
commercialtraffic starting tomorrow. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Drivers from the Haitian-Dominican Truck Drivers Union in Fonds Parisien,
Haiti, near the Dominican border, watch for commercial traffic from the neighboring
country so they can block it as part of a strike they began today to protest a sudden five
percent tariff the Dominican government slapped on all merchandise they bring from that
country on Tuesday, August 19, 2003.. Union president Fritz Jean Constant said their
brother union in the Dominican Republic supports the strike and will block
commercialtraffic starting tomorrow. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

A truck from the Dominican Republic in Malpasse, Haiti, which was forced
to turn around by striking drivers from the Haitian-Dominican Truck Drivers Union, heads
back to his country because the drivers are blocking all traffic as part of a strike they
began today to protest a sudden five percent tariff, Malpasse, Tuesday, August 19, 2003.
(AP Photo/Daniel Morel)